We believe girls who are equipped to GROW WELL and choose to LOVE WELL, will become women empowered to LIVE WELL.
TruthGirlz is a mentorship program for teen girls sponsored by the Crossroads Care Clinic in Statesville, NC. TruthGirlz guides girls through the difficult teen years to enter womanhood with confidence. We equip our girls to grow, love, and live well each week through memorable experiences, relevant discussions, new skills, and practical tools for making healthy life choices, all supported by timeless spiritual principles. While TruthGirlz is a faith-based program, girls from any walk of life, social or spiritual background are welcomed, supported, and able to benefit from the program.
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What do we do?
TruthGirlz is a program of the Crossroads Care Clinic, Statesville, offered at NO COST to the school or students.
Execute a complete lesson plan each week (from our 26-week Curriculum).
Provide snacks every week.
Provide crafts, activities or special guests with a purpose every week.
Conduct an incentive plan that rewards attendance, participation and journaling.
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When do we meet?
Middle schools meet after school once per week for 26 weeks. Sessions last from 3:30 until 5:00pm when parents pick the girls up. Transportation is not provided at this time.
High school groups meet once per week during smart lunch or for one hour weekly as scheduled by SAP.
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Where do we meet?
On the campus in a designated location, Classrooms, the library and cafeteria are all locations we have used. We can meet anywhere that we have access to internet and projector for presentations.
Parents appreciate the support TruthGirlz gives in fostering social, emotional, and moral development in their daughters.
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Why should my school start a TruthGirlz group?
TruthGirlz creates a safe place for girls to explore their authentic selves and ask hard questions.
TruthGirlz helps fortify girls against the pull of peer pressure, hormones, and groupthink by presenting critical thinking and decision-making skills. Practical tools for self-care and healthy living, and exposure to a wide variety of topics, perspectives, and experiences.
TruthGirlz gives teachers who mentor an opportunity to bond with girls outside of the class environment in a way that tends to support the girl's performance in the classroom.
A Brief History & Glimpse of the Future
TruthGirlz began as a response to a cry for help in 2012. A group of community minded men approached the superintendent of Iredell Statesville schools to discuss concern for a particular school that had seen more than its fair share of crisis the previous year. The Pregnancy Resource Center (now known as “Crossroads Care Clinic”) was invited to this meeting where it was agreed there was a need for new programming to fill the mentorship void for female students. We firmly believed this was a God sized opportunity and accepted the task in faith. We had no real idea what to do and no budget to do it with, but we knew the Lord was in it.
Within a month of that meeting, the program design and curriculum outline for the first year of TruthGirlz had been written and presented to and approved by school board. With the Lord before us, we’ve never looked back. That First fall semester we had 7 girls, then 25 in the Spring. We now operate in 12 middle schools and 11 high schools, ministering to over 400 girls each week. The two volunteers we started with have become 42 TruthGirlz leaders serving faithfully with us every week.
We are a small center; however, it’s not our size but the bigness of our God that determines the size of our vision. Limited staff and resources seem to say that TruthGirlz has reached its growth capacity but we believe otherwise. The message and mission of TruthGirlz is timely and relevant. The need for young women of worth, wisdom and influence is great, even urgent. This program has received interest from all around the state and several inquiries from outside of North Carolina. A South African Agency desperately wants us to get the curriculum packaged. Our TruthGirlz who have gone on to high school and their parents often ask about when we’ll develop a high school curriculum. Over the years we’ve received countless requests to create something similar for boys. We don’t know the next step for TruthGirlz but we are certain there is one. And wherever He leads we will go. Christina Lovelace
Crossroads Care Clinic is a non-profit, organization whose mission is to empower women, men, and teens to make healthy life affirming choices regarding pregnancy, relationships, and sexual health. All services are free and confidential.